flume

From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fluːm/

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• Rhymes: -uːm

flume (plural flumes)

1. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.

flume (third-person singular simple present flumes, present participle fluming, simple past and past participle flumed)

1. (transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflu.me/

flume m

1. Alternative form of frume

• flúmen

From Old Galician-Portuguese flume, frume (“river”), from Latin flūmen (“river”), from fluere (“to flow”).

Cognate with English flume, Italian fiume and Occitan flume.

• Hyphenation: flu‧me

flume m (plural flumes)

1. (obsolete or poetic) river

   Synonym: rio